---
title: Fragments of the Double Deceiver Known Elsewhere
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα τοῦ Διπλοῦ Ἀπατεῶνος
author: Menander of Athens
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments of the Double Deceiver Known Elsewhere

*Ἀποσπάσματα τοῦ Διπλοῦ Ἀπατεῶνος*

**Author:** Menander of Athens

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## Text

### book 1

πρὸς τῶν θεῶν, μειράκιον,

### book 2

βουληφόρως 〈τὴν〉 ἡμετέραν, 〈ὦ〉 Δημέα, προκατέλαβες ὅρασιν.

### book 3

ἐμοὶ παράστα· τὴν θύραν κόψας ἐγὼ καλῶ τιν’ αὐτῶν.

### book 4

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήισκει νέος.

### book 5

οὐ Μεγάβυζος ἦν ὅστις γένοιτο ζάκορος.

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